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It added: "According to information that is being checked through various channels, IS leader Ibrahim Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed as a result of the strike, was also present at the meeting.

"As a result of the Su-35 and Su-34 air strikes, high-ranking commanders of the terrorist group that were part of the so-called military council of IGIL, as well as about 30 middle-level field commanders and up to 300 militants of their personal protection, were killed.

"Among the liquidated terrorists are the emir of Rakki Abu al-Hadji al-Mysri, the emir Ibrahim An-Naef al-Hajj, who controlled the area from the city of Rakki up to the present. Es-Suhne and the head of the security service of IGIL, Suleiman Al-Shawah."